Texas Pacific Land Q2 Earnings Call Highlights

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Sun, August 9, 2026 at 2:03 PM GMT+3 6 min read

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Record second-quarter results: Revenue rose 31% year over year to approximately $246 million, while adjusted EBITDA reached $216 million and free cash flow totaled $156 million. Oil and gas royalty production increased 20% year over year, and produced-water royalty volumes rose 15%.
Expanding data-center and power strategy: TPL acquired more than 10,000 acres in Texas for about $100 million and is in advanced discussions involving 25 gigawatts of potential projects with hyperscalers, AI labs and power generators. The company also disclosed that its previously announced land and water agreement supports Chevron's Project Kilby data-center power facility.
Desalination facility enters commissioning: TPL began commissioning its Orla, Texas, Phase 2B facility, which is designed to process up to 10,000 barrels of produced water per day and supply freshwater for industrial and data-center cooling. Full-year capital expenditure guidance remains $65 million to $75 million.

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Texas Pacific Land (NYSE:TPL) reported record quarterly revenue, net income and free cash flow for the second quarter of 2026, supported by higher oil and gas royalty production, produced-water royalty volumes and surface-related revenue.

Chief Executive Officer Ty Glover said the company generated record results across major financial and operating measures while advancing initiatives involving data-center infrastructure, power generation and produced-water desalination.

Revenue, Cash Flow and Royalty Activity

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Chief Financial Officer Chris Steddum said consolidated revenue totaled approximately $246 million, a quarterly record and an increase of 4% from the prior quarter and 31% from a year earlier. Adjusted EBITDA was $216 million, up 19% sequentially and 30% year over year, with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 88%.

Free cash flow reached $156 million, rising 14% from the first quarter and 20% from the second quarter of 2025, Steddum said.

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Oil and gas royalty production averaged about 39,700 barrels of oil equivalent per day, increasing 7% sequentially and 20% year over year. Glover said the company's unhedged royalty position enabled it to benefit from the stronger oil-price environment during the quarter.

Produced-water royalty volumes reached 4.9 million barrels per day, a 6% sequential increase and a 15% year-over-year increase. Glover attributed the gain to demand for TPL's in-basin and out-of-basin pore space.

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Water sales volumes were 663,000 barrels per day, down 19% from the prior quarter but up 38% from a year earlier. According to Glover, quarterly water-sales volumes were affected by weak in-basin natural-gas prices, which led operators to shift some development away from the Delaware Basin. He said the company expects new gas-pipeline capacity entering service over the next several quarters to improve local gas-price differentials and potentially support a mix shift back toward the Delaware Basin.

Surface, land and material revenue, or SLEM revenue, totaled $24 million, up 37% sequentially, driven by pipeline and wellbore easements, Glover said.

As of the end of the quarter, TPL had 5.6 net permitted wells, 9.5 net drilled-but-uncompleted wells and 3.4 net completed-but-not-producing wells, for a total of 18.4 net line-of-sight wells. Year-to-date capital expenditures were $29 million.

Data Center and Power Development Efforts

The company disclosed that a previously announced land sale and water-supply agreement relates to Project Kilby, a large-scale power-generation facility that Chevron is developing to support a customer data center in Reeves County, Texas. Glover described the multi-gigawatt power and data-center development as a validation of the Permian Basin's ability to host hyperscale infrastructure.

During the quarter, TPL also acquired more than 10,000 acres in Shackelford and Jones counties for about $100 million. Glover said the area is among the fastest-growing data-center regions in the country and offers contiguous land and water resources, access to natural gas and grid infrastructure, established fiber and proximity to a mid-size city.

In response to analyst questions, Glover said TPL had conducted diligence on the property for more than a year and that it was of interest to a compute user the company had been working with. He said TPL seeks to remain capital-light while participating across potential project revenue streams, including land use, water and aggregates.

Glover said the company was in advanced conversations with hyperscalers, artificial-intelligence labs and power generators involving 25 gigawatts of projects. He said he would be disappointed if TPL did not announce one or more major definitive agreements in the near term, while noting that execution requires work with multiple counterparties and extensive diligence.

Steddum said the company has prioritized building cash and deploying capital toward what it views as high-return opportunities, including land acquisitions and other growth initiatives. While share repurchases remain under consideration, he said the company currently sees attractive alternatives for its capital.

Desalination Facility Begins Commissioning

TPL completed construction and began commissioning its Phase 2B produced-water desalination facility in Orla, Texas. The facility is designed to eventually process 10,000 barrels per day and uses the company's patented freeze-desalination process.

Glover said the process could create high-specification freshwater for applications including industrial cooling, irrigation, rangeland rehabilitation, stream-flow augmentation and data-center cooling. The facility also produces concentrated brine that could potentially be used to extract minerals such as lithium.

Robert Crain, executive vice president of Texas Pacific Water Resources, said interest from hyperscalers and AI labs in using produced water for data-center operations has been substantial. He said potential applications include water-consumptive building cooling and direct chip cooling, where the company's process produces ice and chilled water.

Crain said TPL plans to conduct desalination co-location studies during 2026, including investigations into chip-cooling applications and waste-heat recovery equipment that could reduce the process's energy consumption. The company expects to host a grand opening and ribbon cutting for the Orla facility as commissioning continues.

Steddum reaffirmed TPL's full-year capital expenditure guidance of $65 million to $75 million. The guidance includes planned spending in the second half of the year to evaluate cooling co-location and waste-heat-capture opportunities at the Orla Phase 2B facility.

On production mix, Steddum said the oil component of royalty production had been affected by development in relatively gas-rich areas and by new acquisitions. He said TPL's oil cut, which had been in the mid-30% range, should trend back above 40% over time.

About Texas Pacific Land (NYSE:TPL)

Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE: TPL) is a Texas-based land management company that derives revenue from the ownership and stewardship of large tracts of land and associated mineral rights in West Texas. The company's origins trace to 19th century land grants associated with the Texas and Pacific Railway; over time those grant holdings have been retained and managed as a standalone corporate asset base. Texas Pacific Land is publicly listed and operates as a landowner and resource manager rather than as a traditional oil and gas producer.

The company's primary activities include management of surface rights and leasing of land for energy and other commercial uses, administration of mineral royalty interests, and provision of water and related services to industrial customers.

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